Overview
- Authorities in Mubarakpur Band, which saw action on Friday, used bulldozers and a crane to remove a mosque, a madrasa and a 35–40‑foot minaret under a Tehsildar-court order with the district magistrate, police chief and heavy forces on site.
- In Bicholi a day earlier, teams razed an Eidgah and an Imambara that officials say stood on grazing land and a manure‑pit plot after a January 31 eviction order and an unchallenged 30‑day appeal window.
- The administration reports freeing about 1.1 hectares across the two villages, citing revenue records that list the parcels as Gram Sabha (village council) land set aside for grazing grounds, playgrounds and compost or manure pits.
- Officials describe a time‑bound land‑reclamation push and a new land bank effort that they say has recovered roughly 125 hectares in the past six months district‑wide.
- Some residents protested that the sites served community needs and urged equal enforcement across religions, while officials said due process was followed and more clearances will follow under the same legal framework.